International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, Saturday March 27th

by Mark Mordue | Mar 18, 2021

 All over the world, March 21st is marked by a United Nations supported event known as ‘International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination’. Only in Australia has it been rebranded as ‘Harmony Day’, diluting its relevance. Addison Road Community...

Faces of Addi Road: Mary and Paul

by Mark Mordue | Feb 3, 2021

  Mary and Paul are an important part of our frontline team, helping to run the Addison Road Community Organisation office and receiving visitors throughout the year. They work here as volunteers, giving their time and good humour freely to almost every occasion....

#RACISMNOTWELCOME street signs to be erected across Sydney’s Inner West

by Mark Mordue | Jan 28, 2021

As of today, street signs declaring #RacismNotWelcome are being erected at key locations across Sydney’s Inner West.     It’s part of a bold new anti-racist campaign devised by the Inner West Multicultural Network in partnership with Addison Road Community...

Food Security, Social Justice and Donna Summer

by Mark Mordue | Jan 21, 2021

Towards the end of 2020 our Food Pantry Manager, Damien Moore, reckoned he’d been working so hard the time had come to drag him away “in a straitjacket singing that Donna Summer song, ‘Enough is Enough (I can’t go on no more!)’. I mean, it has been a pretty...

Matthew’s Christmas Ecosystem

by Mark Mordue | Dec 24, 2020

Matthew starts making Christmas cards in November. He creates them by hand and sends them off to friends across the country and overseas. Heading into December he’s usually finished all of them. “I do it to make this time of year less lonely,” he says. But when he is...